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I'm very happy to use green technologies when they're equivalent or better than the classic technology they replace. Low power bulbs were one example of this,
by avh02 5y ago
I'm very happy to use green technologies when they're equivalent or better than the classic technology they replace.
Low power bulbs were one example of this, some models taking minutes to reach full brightness, nowadays led bulbs do well, I gladly use them.
Smart cooling in some office buildings do stupid crap like allow you only plus or minus two degrees of freedom on the placebo thermostat, or disable the air conditioning of the entire open space as soon as a small window is opened (of which the space had 20, so it was inevitable). Supposedly the system cooled the walls rather than circulated air... Summer sweat doesn't go away fast. But it's okay, the building's efficient and green on paper.
- XorNot 5y agoMost people have underlit houses that they've gotten used to the use of warm white bulbs to light. Once color temp became a consideration with CFL, two bad things happened: (1) they used cool white, which doesn't feel cozy but will feel dim if it's dim, and (2) they tried to do "lumen for lumen" replacement (using those equivalency guides) which meant their already dim house now looked wrong. Whereas if you swap for CFL (or these days LED, which work way better) and just aim to halve your wattage...you still end up putting down about 3 times as much light which just plain looks nicer unless you're specifically aiming for mood lighting - which most people aren't, the options just sucked before hand (I have wall sconces for atmosphere setting lights, overhead is all neutral/daylight color).